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<p>The Department for Transport is committed to providing over £6.7 billion to local
highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to help improve
the condition of roads and reduce congestion. The funding includes a £296 million
Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance and a congestion busting
fund as announced in Budget 2018.</p>

<p>There has never been any question that this Government’s policies on animal welfare
are driven by the fact that animals are sentient beings. However, the Government has
been very clear that we will make any necessary changes required to UK law in a rigorous
and comprehensive way to ensure animal sentience is recognised after we leave the
EU.</p>

<p>We are looking to take forward reform of short custodial sentences. We know that
offenders serving short sentences often have long offending histories, as well as
multiple and complex needs. In cases of the most persistent offenders, the evidence
shows they are 36% more likely to re-offend where they have received a short custodial
sentence rather than a court order. Community penalties can address underlying behaviour,
answer mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs and provide reparation for the
benefit of the wider community.</p>

<p>The matter of hospital car parking is devolved in Northern Ireland and it would
not be appropriate for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to intervene.</p><p><br>In
the absence of devolved government it remains for NI Permanent Secretaries to take
the decisions they believe necessary in line with the guidance the Secretary of State
set out last November, to keep the country running.</p>

<p>The UK is at the forefront of the defence aerospace industry. The Ministry of Defence
is continuing to invest in capability development of aerospace platforms, which will
protect highly skilled jobs for many years to come.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Combat
Air Strategy, launched at the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, sets out a
clear way forward for preserving national advantage and choice in how our future Combat
Air capability is delivered.</p>

<p>A new Chair and CEO were appointed to the Academies Enterprise Trust during 2016-17
and they presented a comprehensive improvement plan to the department in early 2017.
This plan was assessed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to put in place
a recovery process that underpinned education provision with strong financial management
and oversight. This included improving governance of the trust, restructuring of central
service teams, stronger financial and budgeting controls, reshaping school improvement
structures and impact on educational outcomes. As a result of this assessment and
supported by the National Schools Commissioner, additional funding was provided to
the Trust<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p>

To Ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019
to Question 273801 on Child Exploitation, how many children-in-need assessments were
undertaken in which criminal exploitation through county lines was identified as a
potential risk to the child’s life in each year since 2015.

<p>Regarding the number of children in need assessments undertaken in which criminal
exploitation through county lines was identified as a potential risk to the child’s
life, the information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the
Children in Need census, we collect factors identified at the end of the assessment.
These factors include trafficking, gangs and child sexual exploitation. However, this
information gives no specific indication of county lines involvement or a risk to
the child’s life. The information in fact indicates that the child has been referred
and assessed by the local authority and that these issues were a factor at the end
of assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of factors identified at the
end of assessment, including trafficking, gangs and child sexual exploitation, is
published in table C3 of the ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical release,
which can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>.</p><p>
</p>

To as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of
14 May 2019 to Question 247997 on Infant Foods, if he will publish the (a) content
discussed and (b) decisions made in the meetings his Department has had with representatives
of the formula milk industry in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019.

<p>The content discussed at the meetings is set out in the following table. No decisions
were taken at any of these meetings.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Content
discussed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Presentation
on action on sustainable diets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 March 2018</p></td><td><p>Singapore
Government and trade delegation</p></td><td><p>General discussion on Infant formula</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25
April 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone and Nutrica</p></td><td><p>Early Years Nutrition
Partnership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 June 2018</p></td><td><p>British Specialist
Nutrition Association (BSNA), Nestle, Nutrica</p></td><td><p>Notifications for Foods
for Special Medical Purposes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 June 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Planning
for visit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 July 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Visit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11
July 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Aptamil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30
July 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Childhood Obesity Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14
August 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Childhood Obesity Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22
August 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>EU exit preparation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10
September 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone and Nestle</p></td><td><p>Advertising roundtable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14
November 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>Nutrition legislation meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15
November 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Reformulation, Brexit pressure,
and Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 November 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>Forthcoming
CODEX CCNFSDU40</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>Number and percentage of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)</strong><sup>1</sup><strong>
appeals decided in favour of the appellant in West Yorkshire</strong><sup>2</sup><strong>
in the last 24 months for which data are available. </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>No of Decisions in Favour<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>% Decision in
Favour<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 to March 2019</p></td><td><p>4878</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance
was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed
cases.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are recorded
by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the
location of the tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s
home address. Cases relating to West Yorkshire are attributed to the following SSCS
venues: Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield.</p><p><sup>3</sup>Decisions in
favour - those cases where the original decision is revised in favour of the appellant.</p><p><sup>4</sup>Percentage
in favour calculated as the number in favour as a percentage of those cleared at a
tribunal hearing. Cases cleared at hearing include some withdrawals.</p><p>Although
care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies
inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are
available. These data may differ slightly from those in the published statistics as
these data were run on a different date.</p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of, and (2) what
representations they made to the government of Burma about, reports from Chin State,
Burma, that on 24 and 25 May three Christians in Padekyaw village were forced to sign
documents by village officials and local monks verifying their conversion to Buddhism
after being threatened with eviction if they refused; that Christians were told they
could not live in Hmwar Village Tract; and a public announcement made in eight villages
threatening residents that communicating or trading with Christians would result in
a fine.

<p>​The British Government has noted the recent report from the China Human Rights
Organisation and continues to be concerned by restrictions on freedom of religion
and belief, including reports of forced conversions, in Burma. The UK, working with
the EU and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, secured a UN Human Rights Council
Resolution on 27 September 2018 that called for the amending or repealing of discriminatory
provisions of the &quot;protection of race and religion laws&quot; in Burma covering
religious conversion, interfaith marriage, monogamy and population control. Our Ambassador
met the Burmese Minister for Religious Affairs on 9 August 2018, and underlined the
importance of interfaith dialogue.</p>